Little Flower School, Dibrugarh, was established in answer to the educational request of the people who desired an English-medium school for the education of girls. Two Sisters, Sr. Teresa Villa and Sr. Amelia Boiani, arrived at the mission on August 9, 1952, and on the 18th of the same month, they began a kindergarten with fifteen children. The next day, there were five more admissions, and the number continued to grow, reaching 115 by the end of the year. The majority of the students who came to school were from the outskirts of the town and the surrounding tea garden areas. Distance, therefore, was a problem in getting the children to the school. The industriousness of the two pioneering Sisters found a solution to it through the acquisition of a second-hand bus, which made two trips to get the students from the distant areas. It can well be said that the school had a truly dynamic start with the Sisters, who left no stone unturned in finding solutions to the inevitable obstacles of the beginning.
The premises of the school were the two classrooms offered to them temporarily by the community of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC). The number of students increased to such an extent that by February 1953, i.e. less than a year, the rooms had become too small to accommodate the inflated growth, as can be noted in the chronicles: βThe students were few in the beginning but soon their number rose to 153 and is on the increase. The small school bus, which goes to take the children in the morning from their houses, which are scattered in the vast plantations of tea, is not sufficient anymore. There is a need to substitute it with a bigger bus. What is worse, however, is the lack of sufficient space in the temporary school premises. This leads to a compelling need to begin the construction of a building for this purpose for which the government has already offered a vast stretch of land.β
Thus, the foundation stone of the school building was laid on May 14, 1953, the feast day of Maria Domenica Mazzarello.
S.No | Superiors: 1952 β 2020 | Headmistresses: 1952 β 2020 |
1 | Sr. Villa Teresa | Sr. Miorelli Luigine |
2 | Sr. Angela Daglio | Sr. Mas Carenhas Maria |
3 | Sr. Tilde Galli | Sr. Tidle Galli |
4 | Sr. Marengo Maddalem | Sr. Banagan Hilda |
5 | Sr. Mampilly Mary | Sr. Odelia Kharlukhi |
6 | Sr. Catherine Susngi | Sr. Lydia Dias |
7 | Sr. Lydia Dias | Sr. Beatrice Gonsalves |
8 | Sr. Regizinda George | Sr. Elizabeth George |
9 | Sr. Rodrigues Maria | Sr. Horne Linda |
10 | Sr. Thayil Mary | Sr. Beatrice Gonsalves |
11 | Sr. Puthenpurakel Bridget | Sr. Victoria Nunes |
12 | Sr. Parekkat Mary | Sr. Mary Vazhakalayil | 13 | Sr. Kujur Mariana | Sr. Jemella Joseph | 14 | Sr. Elsy Vayalil | Sr. Kaniambady Elizabeth | 15 | Sr. Vazhakalayil Mary | Sr. Jessy Nedumala | 16 | Sr Alphonsa Kurisingal | Sr. Victoria Nunes | 17 | Sr Teresa Kurian | Sr Tessy Davis | 18 | Sr Elsy Vayalil | Sr Nelia Mary |